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Lan ling’ roleLynne Moody is ‘Knots’ newcomerr'There was nothing shameful or risque about being a Playboy bunny. I had more clothes on than you wear to the beach.'Lynne MoodyBy Frank SanelloHOLLYWOOD (NKA) After al most nine yean on TV. the upscale . Mmmun.lv of CBS* ’Knot* Unding l. IX reached a milestone Banker Pa mna Willi,mix and her daughter are (he lirsi blark family to settle in the Soul hern ( alifornia town The hanker is played by Lynne Moody, a former Soap- regular She also appeared in Bools' and its xe .r.el Hoots The Nest Generations' as Alex Haley s great grandmother IreneOn film I he Detroitborn actress played Hiehard Pryors reluctant girlfriend in ‘Some Kind of Heroes?! Mm)dy also appeared in the controversial White Do*’ H9*?i a •dm about a (Jerman shepherd trained to attack blacks Joining the -Knots landing' cast, which has been together for eight and . half seasons, was no problem for the plucky actressI just completed the seventh show, and the cast has welcomed me with open arms ' Moody says *1 thought it would fie difficult to step in like that, hut Michele |a*e and Kevin Dobson have been particularly gracious * lake most newcomers to nighttime soaps. Patricia Williams will be a woman of mystery She may not even he a banker but Moody can t say much more than that Her character's husband will turn up three episodes after Moody's arrival Moody herself comes from a background that could be turned into a movie or miniseries And that 's exactly what the actress is trying to do Moody's great aunt Kdith Samp son was the first black delegate male or female to the United Nations After World War II. when President Truman began his desegregation of the American armed services, he appointed Sampson as the first black commissioner to NATO Her assign ment was to desegregate NATO forces The trailblarer was also the first black woman judge elected in IllinoisI Viubleday wants to do a book on her life, and I've been trying to drum up mi me interest in a miniseries on her ' savs Moody, who. of course.would play SampsonIronically. Aunt Falith was not a role model for a younger Moody ’To he perfectly honest, she didn t inspire me.* Moody admits I didn't want to be like her I thought she was too strong and too hard Now its a whole different story I realize she had to be tough in those days *Moody herself almost became an attorney after one too many rejec tions in her acting career Despite the success of 'Hoots.* she found herself unemployed for a year after the mini-series sequel Her furniture had a! ready been crated up in preparation for a move to Seattle and law school when the phone rang ABC wanted her to play Polly Dawson on 'Soap * Moody put law school on permanent hold'Knowing what I know about lawyers now. I probably wouldn t have liked myself much if I had become one. Moody says ‘But at the time, what I wanted was knowledge of the law in order to fight back and have a say and some control about things that were happening to me Knowledge of law is power, and at the time with my acting career. I felt powerless I certainly was depressed, even hitler I wanted to he ahle In esnressmvself. and nobody would let me * Moody s parents are as prosperous as anybody on Knots ' Her father is a gynecologist her mother a social worker who finished law school hut decided not to take the bar exam in order to care for the familyIn the early '70s. during her starv-ing-actress days. Moody took a job as a Playboy bunny in lxs Angeles But she kept her occupation a secret from her parents, who had higher aspirations for their daughter*lt was taboo because of the way I was raised. Moody says ' I told my parents I was a hostess' at the Play boy Club After a month or two. I startl'd loving it. started coming out of the closetIn reality, there was nothing shameful or risque about it I had more clothes on than you wear to the beach *lt;$!»!• SEWSfWPKR » srKRPHISt AMNMUYWOODV Frank Sanello_
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